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Question: Do you think this is too childish!?
This is a small clip from my story that I wrote last night!. does it sound like a little kis or teenager wrote it!? please help!. Criticism recommended!. It hasn't been revised and edited yet, so please don't be too harsh

My lips parted to release a yawn after the alarm buzzed off!. I sat up and ran my warm hands across my weary face and to my luscious brown hair that was displaced with half in and half out of the ponytail because of the long night!.

I groggily got up off of the lavender bed sheet and walked clumsily to the bathroom across the hall!. It was decorated with a variety of bouquets and ocean blue carpets to match the dark azure countertop!. The shower curtain displayed a view of the ocean with a small seashore!. Mom has always loved decorating where possible!.

I cleaned my pearl white teeth quickly and ran to my closet to get some decent clothes to wear to school!. My end result turned to a denim jean with a plain collared shirt, one of my most common ensembles!. The shower with its warm water and the building humidity fully woke me up!. I dried and pulled on my new clothes with a slow, relaxed pace, just in time to wake the others!. They got to wake up about half an hour later than me because my high school opened up before their middle and elementary schools!.

I walked into Eric’s dark room that exploded with action figure posters everywhere!. Eric slept soundly facing me on his stomach, breathing in and out slowly!. I smiled silently at his boyish little face and then tapped the side of his shoulder!. One eye lazily rolled opened and blinked at me for a quick second and then instantaneously snapped shut!. A low mumble left his lips and he dived back into sleep mode!.
My hand tapped his shoulder slightly harder and I said softly, “Come on Eric!. Wake up!. You’re going to be late for school!.”
He flipped over onto his back and grumbled almost unintelligibly, “Why does Spring Break have to end so fast!? It feels like we never even have it!.” I didn’t answer, but I didn’t feel that way at all!.
He yawned and got up and I continued my round to Sam’s room!. She wasn’t as easy to wake up as Eric, but after a couple of tries, she gave in!.

When I walked into Sarah’s bedroom, it felt totally different from the rest of the house!. It was like walking onto a whole other planet!. Her room was bare with almost no signs of Mom’s decorations!. She’d thrown everything away when they were gone!. In their place was nothing but a small table that held fragrances and colorful candles!. Her room smelled of cinnamon and vanilla today, but despite the aroma, it felt as if I was enveloped in a warm blanket and just lost all of my tension!.

Sarah watched me from her bed while I marveled at her room!. She pasted a smug smile onto her lips and closed her eyes!. I sighed, suddenly feeling extremely sleepy, and walked to her!. She rolled to the side to make room for me to sit!. She gazed at me and placed her head onto my lap!. I stroked her wavy brown hair and peered closely at her eyes trying to find out what she was thinking!. It didn’t work, but I went on looking straight at her!. Her eye color was electric blue like mine, but a shade duller!. It could never be seen as the same as mine!. No one I knew had the same eye color as me!.

She spoke first!. “What are you thinking about!?”

I smiled and looked away!. “I was thinking about how much you’ve grown — actually, how much all of you have grown and changed over the past two years!.” She nodded and I sighed again!. “Well, it is time to get and I have to go make the lunches, so hurry!.” I patted her head and left the room’s mysterious spell!.
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i think your ideas are good, but your writing needs work!.
just a few tips - avoid using so many adjectives!. you have WAY too many, a few makes the writing interesting, but that many just distracts from the storyline, and makes it rather tedious to read!.
also, try not to use such similar sentence structure!.!.!. for instance, in the second last paragraph, youve got 3 sentences in a row starting with the word "she"
one last thing (i promise, im nearly done being horrible)
some of your sentences seem to be a bit confused in regard to tenses, POV, and just generally mixing up what your talking about!.
eg "Her room smelled of cinnamon and vanilla today, but despite the aroma, it felt as if I was enveloped in a warm blanket and just lost all of my tension!."
maybe "it" should be "i"!?
also!? i hate the way your main character talks about herself!.!.!. its one thing if shes being painted as the villain, but a first person narrator describing herself as having pearly white teeth and luscious brown hair is just annoying!.

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That isn't at all childish!. I think the writing's good and shows promise!. Read it through out loud to yourself!. This'll help to show up any mistakes you may have made!. (There are one or two, naturally!.) But you're doing very well!. Keep at it!.
Good luck
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um honestly-its a bit weird!.
lucious hair, pearl teeth, no offense ur charectar is more than a bit full of herselfWww@QuestionHome@Com

i dont think thats childish at all!. very well writen!. good job!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You do some of what I do, or at least used to!. You describe everything in the longest, bizarrest way possible, because it sounds nice!.

My lips parted to release a yawn- why can't you just say 'I yawned and then my alarm buzzed'!. Think as you write each word- does it need to be here!?

Your dialogue is fine!. Just cut out all your description and then start again, describing only the things that need to be described!. You might want to keep the warm soothing smell of the room but lose you luscious brown hair!.


PS- 1st person can be irritating and your character is too full of herselfWww@QuestionHome@Com

Way too many adjectives, so yes, it does sound like a kid wrote it because foolish elementary and middle school teachers foster in children that they need to be overly descriptive!. I don't care what the shower curtain looks like!. I don't care that her teeth are pearly white!. You actually insult the readers when you add too many adjectives because it's like we can't imagine things for ourselves That's the mistake SM made, and you don't want to make any mistakes she made!.

You also have too many adverbs, which makes for really melodramatic scenes!.

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I don't think that's childish at all!.
I'd read it!.
Keep up the good work!. Maybe you should consider turning it into a full novel!.

Oh, and could you go on my profile and answer my newest question please =)

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